xdm background ?

[Conrad J. Sabatier]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 01:30:24 +0200, h <h at erathia.be> wrote:

> that displays the picture until i press a key, then displays the login
> box with the awful black and white frame in the background.
> 
> i'm trying to display the picture in the background of the login box
> and console log, and have it displayed until my wm shows up, kde
> style. how do i achieve this ?

Are you using the "-root" switch as well with xv?

> On Monday 18 October 2004 01:11, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:32:05 +0200, h <h at erathia.be> wrote:
> > > how do you add a background picture to xdm ?
> > >
> > > so far i tried xli and xv in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0, both
> > > don't allow the login box to pop up.
> >
> > Add the "-quit" switch to xv to have it exit after setting the root
> > window's image.
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